The Design Process explores the route of a design through seven stages from the World ofImagination to the World of Objects, starting the journey at inspiration with production asthe destination. Aspelund emphasizes the need to understand one s own creativity in orderto develop and communicate ideas. He examines the designer s roles artist, dreamer,performer, manager, coordinator, communicator, and problem solver. Supplementing theauthor s insights from his personal experience are the perspectives of other designers.

Product Description: The hundred years of fashion from the 1860s to the 1970s was a time when a succession of haute couture designers-most notably, Charles Worth, Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent-were the arbiters of fashion, and their creations the weapon of choice for power-seeking members of the aristocracy and upper class...read more